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Schistocerca obscura (Fabricius, 1798)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Fabricius, J.C. (1798) Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae, Suppl.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Orthoptera
family
Acrididae
genus
Schistocerca
species
Schistocerca obscura

Name

Synonyms
Acridium obscurus (Fabricius, 1798)
Acridium olivaceum Serville, 1838
Gryllus obscurus Fabricius, 1798
Homonyms
Schistocerca obscura (Fabricius, 1798)
Common names
Langosta oscura rayada in Spanish
Obscure Bird Grasshopper in English
Obscure Bird Grasshopper in English
Obscure Bird Grasshopper in English
Schistocerque obscur in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Amédégnato, Ruiz-Baliu & Carbonell. 1995. Acridiofauna Cubana (Orthoptera): sinopsis de su taxonomía y origen. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (Rev. bras. Entomol.) 39(3):698
  2. Bolívar, I. 1888. Enumération des Orthoptères de l'île de Cuba. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France (Mém. Soc. Zool. France) 1:144
  3. Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States, Cornell University Press, Ithaca 146, Plate 31
  4. Capinera, Scherer & Squitier. 2001. Grasshoppers of Florida, University of Florida Press, Gainesville 124
  5. Caudell. 1903. Notes on Orthoptera from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum (Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus.) 26:796
  6. Dirsh. 1974. Genus Schistocerca (Acridomorpha, Insecta). Series Entomologica (Ser. Entomol.) 10:181
  7. Fabricius. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae Suppl:194
  8. Fontana, Buzzetti, Mariño-Pérez, Castellanos-Vargas, Monge-Rodríguez & Cano-Santana. 2017. Ortópteros de Oaxaca. Orthopterans of Oaxaca, WBA Handbooks 8, Verona 110
  9. Gundlach. 1887. Apuntes para la fauna puerto-riqueña. VIII Insectos. Orden Ortópteros. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat.) 146
  10. Gundlach. 1891. Ortopteros. Contribución a la Entomología Cubaña, G. Montiel, La Habana 2(4):342
  11. Hebard. 1932. New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 58(3):279
  12. Otte, Daniel, 1995: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. Orthoptera Species File 5. 630.
  13. Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1905. A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of south and central Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 57:40
  14. Rehn, J.A.G. 1907. Records of Orthoptera from the vicinity of Brownsville, Texas. Entomological News (Entomol. News) 18:212
  15. Richman, Lightfoot, C.A. Sutherland & Ferguson. 1993. A manual of the grasshoppers of New Mexico, Orthoptera: Acrididae and Romaleidae. New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service Handbook (New Mex. Coop. Extens. Service Handbook) 7:92
  16. Scudder, S.H. & Cockerell. 1902. A first list of the Orthoptera of New Mexico. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences (Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci.) 9:40
  17. Scudder, S.H. 1899. The orthopteran genus Schistocera. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci.) 34(17):465
  18. Song, H. 2004. Revision of the Alutacea Group of genus Schistocerca (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cytracanthacridinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America (Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer.) 97(3):432
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